Postcards from Bangladesh

Postcards from Bangladesh by Sudeep Sen offers a unique, personal portrait of Bangladesh as seen through the eyes of three creative professionals—Sudeep Sen, Tanvir, and Kelley Lynch—hailing from three different countries. The book revolves around the metaphor of a postcard: snapshots, snippets of life in one place that capture a moment in time, reflecting something larger about the culture as a whole. It is not meant to be encyclopaedic or all-inclusive. Rather, it portrays what Bangladesh means to them from an alternate focal point—things off the beaten track, aspects left out of final frames, unused notes scribbled in the margins—all forming the glue that binds the book together. Postcards from Bangladesh traces journeys both interior and exterior using prose, poetry, and photography to create a poetic documentary, a film in freeze-frames. The heart of Bengali culture—its sensibility and charm—is underscored in chapters that highlight the essential Bengali diet and livelihood provided by rice.